Will buying parts of workouts be possible?

[mjd]

I don't know if this has been asked before but here goes...

I know it would be an absolute logistical nightmare, but just wondering if it will be possible to just buy parts of workouts (and premixes) so that we can make up our own workouts using the new Workout Blender without having to purchase downloads of entire workouts. Would make it more desirable for those of us who already have a huge collection of Cathe's workouts on DVD and don't want to have to re-purchase them as downloads to be able to use the Workout Blender to create our own personal perfect mixes. Would be great to say, be able to purchase the warm up only from one workout, a couple of chapters of another, stretch from another etc then blend them all into one workout using the new Workout Blender.

ETA: Also a bit confused about the bit from the Workout Blender info page that says in future you will be able to share and download premixes with your fellow Cathletes - how will this work?

 

[SNM Videos]

The Workout Blender

You have to purchase the entire workout since the Blender uses the chapter points to select video segments. To sell individual segments would be very confusing and time consuming since there are thousands of chapters for all of our DVDs.

 

[bethj]

I've noticed that some of the workouts are broken into individual segments for purchase. For example, the STS stretch segment. Also Pure Strength is sold as 3 different titles so you don't download the whole DVD. But I agree, I would love to be able to just download certain chapters. Too bad its not possible.
Beth

 

[SNM Videos]

Video segments

The only time we sell video segments is when a video has bonus segments in addition to the main program. We never just sell individual chapter points and this is not how the Workout Blender has been designed to work.

 

[bethj]

Well, there are indeed individual ab and stretch segments available for separate purchase such as:

----each ab cirucit workout
--ab hits individual workouts
---total body stretch-the 3 stretches for purchase individually
--stability ball abs from basic stretch
--stability ball abs from Butts and Guts
--STS extended stretch
--the 3 stretchmax routines
--the 3 coremax workouts

Quite a lot of things are split out of the DVDs and made into anywhere from 2-5 segments for individal purchase. For example, Butts and Gutts is available for purchase of the base workout only. To get the same footage on the DVD you also have to purchase:
1. glute squeezes
2.leg press
3. sit and stands
4. stability ball abs
This can be a good thing if you only want to purchase the ab workout, for example. I'm making a list of things I want to purchase and I'm rather glad the DVDs are split up, because I don't necessarily want to buy both pyramids, only the upper one. And you don't have that option with DVDs. I was surprised when I scrolled through all 18 pages to find a lot of things split up. Another example is CTX. As a DVD is comes on 2 discs but in downloads you have to buy each of the 6 workouts separately, and the upper body premix is available separately.
Beth

 

[SNM Videos]

These are not chapters. They are individual video segments and that is how they appear on their respective DVD. On many of our DVDs we have add ons or bonuses that are used to make a premix and these have to be sold as individual segments since they are not included in the main video program on the DVD. We also always sell the individual workouts because they too are individual video files that just happen to be on one disc. Ab workouts, like Ab hits, are just smaller individual video files on the same disc just like a DVD like CTX which has several workouts on each DVD. Sorry, but we have no plans to sell individual chapter points that are not separate video files.